Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup

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How to make delicious Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup! It’s delicious. It’s healthy, hot, steamy, full of Ukrainian flavour amazing. It tastes like my Grandma’s Cabbage rolls, without the actual rolling part. Which means that Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup is much easier than making cabbage rolls!

Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup

How to Make Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.

Place the onion, garlic and minced pork and beef in the pot.

Cook and stir until browned and crumbly,about 5 to 7 minutes.

Drain the grease and return to the stove.

Add chopped cabbage, fry for 3-4 minutes then add all the other ingredients to the mixture.

Allow the soup to come to a boil, then turn the heat down to low and place a lid on the pot.

Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the rice is cooked and the cabbage is softened.

Remove the bay leaves and serve.

Ok fine, so Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup isn’t a pretty soup. In fact, it’s so ugly I had no idea how on earth I was going to photograph it so that anyone would be enticed into making it. I could beg and please with you guys ” Seriously! It’s so delicious!” but instead I cheated. Let me distract your eye to the gorgeous vintage tablecloth I thrifted the other day and of course, one of my working pieces of Pyrex.

I love the 70’s brown Pyrex. Hey, everything has to have a use. My pinks and turquoise collection is there to beautify my house and my browns are my workhorses. I can put them to work, they are cheaper than their colourful counterparts and you know what?

That tablecloth, though. It was brand new and still had creases in it. I’d wager it’s the same time period, the 1970’s. Someone took it out of their closet, donated it and of course, my eagle eye spotted it right away, knowing that it would be an excellent photo prop. Not only that, it’s a popular choice around the house when it comes time to set the table.

Oh, did you want to talk about soup? I guess we can talk about that ugly soup. Did I mention it’s healthy? This packs a healthy punch here folks. This is the kind of cabbage soup diet that I could be on! Well, not really. Let’s face it, desserts are pretty awesome. Man cannot live on cabbage soup alone, but he can make this for dinner this week!

Cabbage Roll Soup is healthy, hot, steamy, full of Ukrainian flavour amazing. It tastes like my Grandma's Cabbage rolls, without the actual rolling part. Which means that Ukrainian Cabbage Roll Soup is much easier than making cabbage rolls!

Course: Soups

Cuisine: Ukrainian

Keyword: cabbage roll soup

Servings: 8

Calories: 288kcal

Author: Karlynn Johnston

Ingredients

1tablespoonoil

1poundlean ground beef

1cupchopped yellow onion (about 1 medium onion)

6clovesof minced garlic

1/2poundlean ground pork

6-7cupsof packed cabbage (I tear the pieces into large bite size)

3/4cupuncooked rice

128 ozcan of diced tomatoes

2tablespoonstomato paste

2tbspbrown sugar

4cupsbeef broth

1 1/2cupstomato juice

1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce (or to taste)

2leavesbay

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.

Place the onion, garlic and minced pork and beef in the pot.

Cook and stir until browned and crumbly,about 5 to 7 minutes.

Drain the grease and return to the stove.

Add chopped cabbage, fry for 3-4 minutes then add all the other ingredients to the mixture.

Allow the soup to come to a boil, then turn the heat down to low and place a lid on the pot.

Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the rice is cooked and the cabbage is softened.

Remove the bay leaves.

Serve!

To re-heat any leftovers you may want to add additional beef broth to thin out the consistency, it can thicken up once in the refrigerator.

I’m Karlynn Johnston, Welcome to my Blog!

I’m a busy mom of two, wife & cookbook author who loves creating fast, fresh meals for my little family on the Canadian Prairies. Karlynn Facts: I'm allergic to broccoli. I've never met a cocktail that I didn't like. I would rather burn down my house than clean it. Most of all, I love helping YOU get dinner ready because there's nothing more important than connecting with our loved ones around the dinner table!